This really is an amazing piece of software. I remember thinking how cool DOSBox was when it first came out and how neat that it was able to simulate PC hardware and MS-DOS so well but being able to emulate actual PC/Intel systems with all of the quirks and proprietary hardware (Tandy graphics and sound, MFM and SCSI ISA cards, etc.) with almost perfect accuracy and speed using an off-the-shelf PC says a lot about the versatility of today's systems. Kudos to you Sarah for taking all of the pieces and putting them together to create PCem!

First-time forum poster, long-time user. Let me say first of all, PCem is undoubtedly the best way to run older versions of Windows. I am excited about the variety of motherboards emulated, as well as the potential for networking.

I did notice a couple small but annoying quirks: first of all, it seems that even when I tick the box next to "Synchronize time to host clock", the time still resets to 12:00 midnight on the guest/emulated machine (oddly, the date stays the same--and the date and time are correct in the BIOS, but not in the OS itself, specifically Windows 95 B).

Second, I'm not able to select a hard drive interface, more RAM, or a fast CPU for a configuration until after I've created it. For example, every time I set it above 640 KB of RAM, it jumps back to that when I change another setting, and my only options for a CPU are an 8088 at various speeds; after clicking OK, I can go back into the settings and select whatever CPU I want, the amount of RAM (in MB instead of KB), and what type of hard drive I want. So, there is a fix, but it's a minor annoyance to have to go back into it.

I am looking forward to giving it a try, especially if the sound stuttering issue was resolved.

Program compatibility has been a serious problem with modern computers for some time now. I think we are all tired of having to tinker with our modern computers just to run old software we used to be able to use without difficulty back in the day. PCem is a great solution to this problem.

I know this was only a minor release for bug fixes but I hope Sarah will make some more so those of us who don't compile between releases can get some of the fixes that'll come before v14. But either way, keep up the good work Sarah!

teppic wrote:I know this was only a minor release for bug fixes but I hope Sarah will make some more so those of us who don't compile between releases can get some of the fixes that'll come before v14. But either way, keep up the good work Sarah!

Meh, I can see the appeal on the distant releases. It's a coding style: Add new shiny features for a while, then do a freeze and just a big round of bug fixes for a month or so, then release.

Rather then add new thing, bug fixes, add new thing, more bug fixes, add new thing, more "what the crap how did this break, it has nothing in relation to what I just added" bug fixes.

You get pretty stable releases for the public this way. If you want the newest cutting edge stuff, the source is available for compiling yourself.

Doing test releases before (for what was released as 13.0, for example) is also a good idea to warn users that there are a lot of new features and a bugfix release may be needed. Even with all the testers, some small bugs always pass (like what happened now).

teppic wrote:I know this was only a minor release for bug fixes but I hope Sarah will make some more so those of us who don't compile between releases can get some of the fixes that'll come before v14. But either way, keep up the good work Sarah!

Meh, I can see the appeal on the distant releases. It's a coding style: Add new shiny features for a while, then do a freeze and just a big round of bug fixes for a month or so, then release.

Rather then add new thing, bug fixes, add new thing, more bug fixes, add new thing, more "what the crap how did this break, it has nothing in relation to what I just added" bug fixes.

You get pretty stable releases for the public this way. If you want the newest cutting edge stuff, the source is available for compiling yourself.

I'm talking about bugfix point releases to 13.x, not what would be more like a rolling release with major new features.

Image loading is made via the main menu, once PCem began the emulation, there you have "Disc" for Diskette images, and "CD-ROM" for, wel...

If you can't figure I will upload a screenshot

Under GNU/Linux, which ¿ Main Menu ?
Because the Windows version, have a Internal Menu inside the Output screen, but under GNU/Linux, i don't know if have one, because the old keyboard Shortcut Ctrl + Alt + End, not show the internal menu, just alternate between Fullscreen & Window mode.

Image loading is made via the main menu, once PCem began the emulation, there you have "Disc" for Diskette images, and "CD-ROM" for, wel...

If you can't figure I will upload a screenshot

Under GNU/Linux, which ¿ Main Menu ?
Because the Windows version, have a Internal Menu inside the Output screen, but under GNU/Linux, i don't know if have one, because the old keyboard Shortcut Ctrl + Alt + End, not show the internal menu, just alternate between Fullscreen & Window mode.